Eddie Adams | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Eddie_Adams_(1969).jpg) Adams in 1969 | |
| Born | Edward Thomas Adams June 12, 1933 |
| Died | September 19, 2004 (aged 71) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography (1969) |
Edward Thomas Adams (June 12, 1933 – September 19, 2004) was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars. He is best known for his photograph of the execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém, a Viet Cong prisoner of war, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1969.[2][3][4] Adams was a longtime resident of Bogota, New Jersey.[5]
- ^ Lucas, Dean (May 7, 2013). "Vietnam Execution". The Famous Pictures Collection. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
- ^ Banwell, Rory (September 19, 2013). ""Saigon Execution": The Consequences of Eddie Adams Pulitzer Prize Winning Photograph".
- ^ Grundberg, Andy (September 9, 2004). "Eddie Adams, Journalist Who Showed Violence of Vietnam, Dies at 71". The New York Times.
- ^ Adler, Margot (March 24, 2009). "The Vietnam War, Through Eddie Adams' Lens". NPR.
- ^ Kelly, Mike. "How this photographer took one of the Vietnam War's most famous photos", USA Today, September 30, 2017. Accessed October 1, 2017. "Eddie Adams, who lived then in Bogota, N.J., took that iconic photo Feb. 1, 1968, in Saigon. It came to be known as the 'street execution' of a captured Viet Cong operative by Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, the chief of South Vietnam's National Police."